Legal Opinion
Steve B. Smith v. Jefferson Cnty. Bd. of School Comm'rs
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 11, 2015No. 13-5957PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGibbons, J., joined by Gilman, J.,
BATCHELDER, J. (pp. 590-605), delivered a separate opinion concurring in parts I — III and in the result.
OPINION
JULIA SMITH GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.
A county school board, facing a budget shortfall, abolished its alternative school and contracted for its students to be educated in the secular, alternative-school program at a private, Christian school. David Kucera and Vickie Forgety, teachers who lost their jobs in the abolition of the original alternative school, sued the school board, asserting an Establishment Clause violation. The district court held that the School Board’s action violated…
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